Finishing touch glove

ABSTRACT

An application glove is provided. The application glove is dimensioned and adapted to receive one or more fingers of a human wearer in one or more finger stalls, respectively. Each finger stall provides an outward-facing surface at or adjacent to the fingertip of the human wearer. The outward-facing surface provides a detachable fastener system. The present invention provides a plurality of applicators, each adaptor providing a different type of application surface, and each applicator adapted to removably attached to the detachable fastener system so that the fingertip of the human wearer may serve as the underlying instruments, intrinsically enabling the nimble dexterity of the finger of the user in utilizing the preselected applicator of the plurality of applicators.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisionalapplication No. 62/520,804 filed 16 Jun. 2017, the contents of which areherein incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to gloves used in the areas of cleaning,construction, painting, polishing and other uses, and, moreparticularly, to these types of gloves providing one or more fingerstalls having an applicator disposed on each outer surface thereof.

Currently these types of devices do not use the precision dexterity ofthe fingertip through providing these gloves with a finger portionhaving an abrasive element disposed on an outer surface thereof.Therefore, these current types of utility devices cannot provide preciseapplications to small surface areas that need to be attended to withfine and delicate care for cleaning, painting, construction purposes, orthe like. Rather currently the only utensils are paint brushes,sandpaper, microfiber, etc., which intrinsically include an extendedobject between the fingers of the user and the work area, makingdelicate, precise applications unduly challenging.

As can be seen, there is a need for utility, cleaning, construction,etc., gloves providing a finger portion having an attachment surface forinterchangeably removably attaching a variety of applicator types. Withthe preselected applicator disposed on an outer surface of the fingerstall, delicate, precise cleaning application over a small work area isfacilitated. In short, the present invention, colloquially known as “TheFinishing Touch Glove”, provides a reusable, interchangeable,multipurpose utility finger touch glove adapted for carpentry,construction, painting, staining, masonry, tiling, and the like. Byaffixing, attaching, or otherwise connecting a hook and loop fasteningsystem near the distal tips of the finger stalls of reusable gloves(manufactured of all types of materials such as, but not limited to:cloth, cotton, rubber, polymers, etc.) the finger stalls can now fullyengage hard to reach corners, cracks, and crevasses for all industrial,commercial, and household purposes by attaching a cleaning, painting,sanding, or construction material to a free-standing, interchangeablecomponent of the hook and loop fastening system.

By re-purposing the concept behind touch-screen technology and applyingthis concept to commercial, industrial, and household applications, thepresent invention provides the end-user the most effective method ofaddressing small surface areas, and difficult-to-reach cracks, corners,and crevasses, by optimizing the dexterity of the human finger whileprotecting the finger through a reusable glove. Therefore, the presentinvention is an improvement upon existing reusable gloves by enablingthe finger stall(s) to now be used as instruments, tools, or other typesof utensils, through the use of the adjoined, or otherwise affixed, hookand loop fastening system to the finger stalls of the glove, while theother portion of the hook and loop fastening system being adhered tofree-standing interchangeable component that now make the fingerstall(s) functional instrument(s).

In other words, once the free-standing component removable engages thehook and loop fastening system, the reusable glove, the finger stall(s)of the reusable glove are now functional utensil(s), tool(s),instrument(s), etc. adapted with one or more of a variety ofinterchangeable applicator surfaces.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In one aspect of the present invention, a finishing touch applicationglove, includes one or more finger stalls, each finger stall adapted toreceive a finger of a human wearer; an outward-facing detachablefastener disposed along each finger stall so as to be at or adjacent afingertip of said finger; and a plurality of applicators, eachapplicator having an engaging surface and an opposing applicationsurface.

In another aspect of the present invention, the finishing touchapplication glove includes one or more finger stalls, each finger stalladapted to receive a finger of a human wearer; a hook and loop fasteningsystem disposed along each finger stall an outward-facing portionthereof so as to be at or adjacent a fingertip of said finger; and aplurality of applicators, each applicator an application surface and anopposing engaging surface adapted to removably attach to the hook andloop fastening system, wherein each engaging surface is dimensioned tobe coextensive or dimensionally less than a dimensionality of the hookand loop fastening system, wherein the plurality of application surfacesincludes at least an abrasive element and a sponge element.

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the presentinvention will become better understood with reference to the followingdrawings, description and claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 is a section view of an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention, taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of an applicatorsurface type of the present invention; and

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of applicatorsurface type of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplatedmodes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. Thedescription is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merelyfor the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention,since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

Broadly, an embodiment of the present invention provides a glove portiondimensioned and adapted to receive one or more fingers of a human wearerin one or more finger stalls, respectively. Each finger stall providesan outward-facing surface at or adjacent to the fingertip of the humanwearer. The outward-facing surface provides a detachable fastenersystem. The present invention provides a plurality of applicators, eachadaptor providing a different type of application surface, and eachapplicator adapted to removably attached to the detachable fastenersystem so that the fingertip of the human wearer may serve as theunderlying instruments, intrinsically enabling the nimble dexterity ofthe finger of the user in utilizing the preselected applicator of theplurality of applicators.

Referring to FIGS. 1 through 5, the present invention may include aglove portion 12 dimensioned and adapted to receive one or more fingersof a human user 10 in one or more finger stalls 40, respectively. Alongan outward-facing surface 16 of each applicable finger stall 40 a hookand loop fastening system 50 may be adhered thereto. The presentinvention may also include an interchangeable applicator 14 adapted toremovably attach to the hook and loop fastening system 50.

The hook and loop fastening system 50 may include a hook portion 20 anda loop component 22, the component 20 and 22 adapted to removably mate.The hook component 20 may be adhered to the outward-facing surface 16,wherein the hook portion 21 of the hook component 20 is outward-facing.The hook component 20 may provide an adhesive portion 19 for adhering tothe outward-facing surface 16. The adhesive portion 19 may includeadhesive such as glue or the like. Alternatively, the hook component 20may be joined to the outward-facing surface 16 of the finger stall bystitching 26 or other joining techniques, so long as the connectionbetween the hook portion 20 and said outward-facing surface 16 functionsin accordance with the present invention as described herein. Theoutward-facing surface 16 may be adapted to be at or adjacent to thefinger tip of the wearer 10 of the finger stall 40.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the use ofdirectional terms such as outward or the like are used in relation tothe illustrative embodiments as they are depicted in the figures, theoutward direction being directed “outward” (or away) from the surface ofthe finger stall 40 on the outside of the glove 12 (the outward-facingsurface 16), opposite of the wearer's finger 10, shown in thecorresponding figures.

The loop component 22 may adhere to a surface of the applicator 14,wherein the loop portion 23 of the loop component 22 is outward-facingwhen adhered to the applicator 14. The loop component 22 may provide anadhesive portion 25 for adhering to the applicator 14. In certainembodiments, the adhesive portion 25 may be integrated with theapplicator 14, so that each interchangeable applicator 14 is joined tothe loop component 22 for removably attaching to the hook component 20.The adhesive portion 25 may include adhesive such as glue or the like.

The applicator 14 may include outward-facing application surface 24providing, in different embodiments, but not limited to, sandpaper 28,steel wool 30, bristles, sanding sheets, trim painter, painting and/orstaining sponge and/or foam, steel and/or copper, microfiber cleaningcloth, or the like.

A method of using the present invention may include the following. Theglove 12 disclosed above may be provided. A user 10 may slide a fingerinto each finger stall 40 providing the hook and loop fastening system50. Then the user 10 may removably attached the preselected applicator14 thereto. The objective of the present invention is that by changingthe various types of applicators 14 that comprise the free-standingportion engageable to the hook and loop fastening system 50, the glove12 now provides the consumer a multi-functional ability to address manycarpentry, construction, painting and staining, tiling, and cleaningneeds geared to applying said various types of application surfaces 24to small surface areas 18 (such as corners, cracks and crevasses areas)by enabling the finger stall(s) 40 of the glove 12 to serve as theunderlying tools, instruments, utensils, etc., intrinsically enabledwith the nimble dexterity of the finger of the user 10. As such, the enduser 10 will be able to achieve their end goal more effectively andefficiently through the use of this invention by providing the greatestdegree of precision through the use of their finger(s).

It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates toexemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may bemade without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as setforth in the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An application glove, comprising: one or morefinger stalls, each finger stall adapted to receive a finger of a humanwearer; an outward-facing detachable fastener disposed along each fingerstall so as to be at or adjacent a fingertip of said finger; and aplurality of applicators, each applicator having an engaging surface andan opposing application surface.
 2. The application glove of claim 1,wherein each surface dimensioned to be coextensive or dimensionally lessthan the outward-facing detachable fastener.
 3. The application glove ofclaim 1, wherein the plurality of application surfaces includes anabrasive element and a sponge element.
 4. The application glove of claim1, wherein each outward-facing detachable fastener is a hook and loopfastening system.
 5. The application glove of claim 4, wherein the hookand loop fastening system comprises: a hook portion; and a loop portion.6. The application glove of claim 5, wherein each loop portion isaffixed to one of the plurality of applicators.
 7. An application glove,comprising: one or more finger stalls, each finger stall adapted toreceive a finger of a human wearer; a hook and loop fastening systemdisposed along each finger stall an outward-facing portion thereof so asto be at or adjacent a fingertip of said finger; and a plurality ofapplicators, each applicator an application surface and an opposingengaging surface adapted to removably attach to the hook and loopfastening system, wherein each engaging surface is dimensioned to becoextensive or dimensionally less than a dimensionality of the hook andloop fastening system, wherein the plurality of application surfacesincludes at least an abrasive element and a sponge element.
 8. Theapplication glove of claim 7, wherein the hook and loop fastening systemcomprises: a hook portion; and a loop portion, wherein each loop portionis affixed to one of the plurality of applicators.